And taskbar settings there's a setting to combine windows

I used angle twards tilt axis

I think I programed it the source path was like a 3plus1 so wcs 5 Axis home/tool plane face 1 /cplane face1

When I used it think the 3 axis original path was set to it's plane for all 3 and the convert was at my 5 Axis home.

is overlap on for lead in?

7 minutes ago, Jayson Kramer said:

PS the option for the selecation has been in Mastercam for years. so you know.

yes i belive it was select.., now its operation selection

I try to name the level, like op 3 toolpath data, or more specific and multiple if they start to overlap 

1 and 3 can be changed in the op defaults 

The boundary may overlap the stock but It's not accounting for the tool radius. 

Like said, open the boundary or rough with dynamic.

Or old school pocket from outside In

1 hour ago, jluther said:

One thing to note is that when you do this if you input and output using ASCII vs ISO there's a difference and you'll need to set 139.0 to 1 for ASCII.

Also, you set 6005.0=1, I didn't know that sequence number calls worked on external subprogram calls? I assume it would also allow me to have multiple M99's in the external subprogram. If so that would make my life a bit easier with a new program I'm writing.

Edit: FYI it works on a 35iB too but I've had issues with new memory cards and pcmcia adapters. Even reformatting and reducing the partition size. I have mine working with a 32MB card FAT formatting with 2048 byte allocation.

I'd recommend getting a PCMCIA adapter that is PCMCIA version 2 at most. I believe my problems were with the adapter allowing version 3 and the new cf card allowing high speed data transfer since repartitioning the 2GB cf card to 32MB with 2048 byte allocation did not work.

On our newer feelers that have the 31 I believe, when you are in dnc mode you can device change to the card and from the directory set dnc soft key and run from the card. It is not run as a sub program. You can block search like you would in a cnc memory program.

I had a pocket do that years ago. It was good and when I changed the step over from 50 to 55% it went thru the center boss

1 hour ago, crazy^millman said:

What a find that is worth its weight in gold.

maybe silver, ebay has them for $30

It worked.

i even found a fanuc A02B-0303-K150 adapter that came with one of them so the door will close with the card iniit

1 hour ago, cncappsjames said:

There is no "MT" @Leon82. There is an "M" and a "T".

I've done this on 0i-MD, 0i-TD, 0i-MF,16i, 18i, 21i, 30i, 31i.

I can't think of a reason why it won't work on anything with a PCMCIA slot. 

Note, this only works on PCMCIA, not USB. 

Ok thanks. Maybe it was an MD. It's on a feeler 580 pallet

On 1/26/2023 at 4:24 PM, cncappsjames said:

Set the machine into "MDI" Mode.
Press the OFFSET/SETTING button.
Change/Set the “I/O Channel” to “4”
Set "Parameter Write Enable" to "1"
Press the Cancel AND Reset buttons simultaneously. This will clear the alarm you get stating parameter write is enabled.
Press the "SYSTEM" button.
Press the numbers "138" on the key pad then "NO. SRCH" on the soft keys (below the CRT). You'll need to set bit 7 to a 1 (Bit order is as follows - 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 - so you'll want to change the furthermost bit to the left to a 1)
Press "3404" on the key pad then "NO. SRCH" on the soft keys. Arrow over to bit 2 (3rd bit from the right) and change that to a "1"
Press "6005" on the key pad then "NO. SRCH" on the soft keys. Set Bit 0 to a 1.
Press "6030" on the key pad then "NO. SRCH" on the soft keys. Change it to "198".
Press the OFFSET/SETTING button to get back to setting and set Parameter Write Enable to a "0". Press Reset.
Now, this will allow you to run directly off your memory card.
Your main program in your machine control will just need to look like the following;
%
O100(MAIN PROGRAM)
M198P1234
M30
%
Optionally, you can add a Q to the M198 Pxxxx line (M198P1234Q101) and it will jump to that line number within the Sub Program.
Your program on the memory card MUST be named Oxxxx (the exes being a 4 digit number that MUST correspond to the actual Sub Program Number in the sub program. (ex. O1234) with NO file extension.
Your program on the memory card must be as follows (making sure the M198 P call AND the O number AND the Sub Program Number match as I've shown)
%
O1234(YOUR PROGRAM NAME HERE)
(YOUR PROGRAM AS NORMAL)
N101
M99
%
You MUST have a memory card in the slot when “M198” is called or you will get an alarm.
NOTE:
You’ll need to have the following on hand as well;
• USB Reader/Writer for your PC so you can load programs to the Compact Flash Card.
• PCMCIA to Compact Flash Card Adapter so you can load programs from the Card to the machine.
• 1MB to 1GB (MAX) Compact Flash Card. The smaller the capacity, the more likely it will be compatible with your machine.

will this work with an oi-mt?

yes then it will enter from the left and right. it may do some ramping still but it will do what it can from the outside on left and right.

you can put it on center containment option too.

the rest milling will prevent it from machining the whole boundary

make the containment the travel limits of your machine from x0y0. if you have enough air it will go from the outside

you can manipulate where is starts with the containment boundary.

you may need to make a stick model and use rest machining making an entry area in your travel limit

Put a # in the header area on the line where those are output. It should be able to see what's on each line

are you using line for orientation? i usually use line and let it do its thing

I usually don't do anything special. Is the back half yellow indicating cutting geometry? Shank clearance may be too big

Draw a containment with the fixture outside of it and leave a large area for the tool to enter on the part side 

I miss having that.

You could make a sub program and program the feature incremental.

But you can adjust to go by operation type and order. You would need one for each tool that has multiple ops to use the minimum tool changes and prevent feature jumping 

So you would transform the 2" and then do a rotate and ghost the transform 2" op out